Minnie Gonzalez (born August 4, 1950) is an American politician who has been a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since 1997, serving the 3rd district in Hartford.
In 1981 Gonzalez migrated to the United States, where she worked as a Special Deputy Sheriff at the West Hartford Superior Court in Connecticut and as an Assistant Registrar of Voters.
Ten years later she was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives for the 3rd district, which is composed of the Parkville, Frog Hollow and Behind the Rocks neighborhoods in Hartford.
Gonzalez wants to invest more in technical high schools, and to established free community college for Connecticut residents.
[21] In 2019 Gonzalez has sponsored legislation to permit the sale and taxation of marijuana to adults over the age of 21, with some of the new tax proceeds earmarked to curb the opioids epidemic.